IBM Storage & Software Defined Computing: Awards & Industry Recognition January 2016

Contents & Guidance 2 Cross-Storage Portfolio Awards Charts: Page 3 - Top Awards & Recognition Across the Storage Portfolio Need one slide across the storage portfolio? This is it! Recent recognition that demonstrates IBM’s leadership in Flash, DS8K, Storwize, XIV, Tape and Software Defined Storage plus Regional & Channel awards. Offering Specific Slides: Page 4 – IBM FlashSystem Awards Awards and analyst recognition for IBM FlashSystem received in the last 2 years. Page 5 - IBM Spectrum Storage Awards Software-Defined Storage awards received in the last 5 years from the IBM Spectrum Storage suite including Accelerate, Scale, Protect, Virtualize, Control & Archive. Page 6 – IBM Software Defined Computing Awards Awards received for IBM Software Defined Computing offerings in the last 3 years. Back Up: Page 7 - Additional Storage Portfolio Awards A repository of additional storage recognition. Use the combination of slide(s) that best meets your needs

IBM Storage Awards and Accolades 3 IBM Tape Library 2014 & 2015 Market Leader IBM 2015 #1 in Enterprise Network Storage IBM Spectrum Storage 2014 & 2015 #1 Software Defined Storage* IBM Storage 2013, 2015 Winner: IBM Singapore Customer Care Award IBM Storage 2013, 2015 Winner: IBM Malaysia Customer Care Award IBM Storwize, XIV, DS Magic Quadrant Leader: General Purpose Arrays * Based on IBM analysis of IDC quarterly tracker data; for 2015 YTD as of June IBM FlashSystem 2014 #1 in Units & Capacity Shipped for Solid-State Arrays IBM DS #1 Market Share Mainframe Storage * IBM FlashSystem 2014 & 2015 Magic Quadrant Leader: Solid State Arrays IBM Spectrum Protect Magic Quadrant Leader IBM FlashSystem 900/V Top 10 Coolest Flash Products IBM FlashSystem V Tech Innovator Award – Storage Category (Runner Up) IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize 2015 Tech Innovator Award – Virtualization Category (Runner Up) IBM FlashSystem Major Player: All-Flash Array Marketscape IBM FlashSystem 2015 France CRIP IT Innovation Forum Winner: Cloud, Infrastructure & Storage Category IBM Spectrum Scale 2015 Product of the Year Finalist Storage System Software IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights 2015 Product of the Year Finalist Storage Management Tools IBM FlashSystem V Product of the Year Finalist All-Flash Systems

IBM FlashSystem Awards and Accolades 4 IBM FlashSystem 2014 & 2015 Magic Quadrant Leader: Solid State Arrays IBM FlashSystem 2015 Leader: Price, Reliability & Support All Flash InfiniBand Arrays IBM FlashSystem 2014 #1 in Units & Capacity Shipped for Solid-State Arrays IBM FlashSystem 2015 Leader: Innovation & Reliability All Flash Fibre Channel Arrays IBM FlashSystem Product of the Year Finalist: Enterprise All-Flash Storage Systems IBM FlashSystem 900/V Top 10 Coolest Flash Products IBM FlashSystem V Tech Innovator Award – Storage Category (Runner Up) IBM FlashSystem Major Player: All-Flash Array Marketscape IBM FlashSystem 2015 France CRIP IT Innovation Forum Winner: Cloud, Infrastructure & Storage Category IBM FlashSystem V Product of the Year Finalist All-Flash Systems

IBM Spectrum Storage Awards and Accolades IBM Spectrum Protect 2013 Wave Leader IBM Spectrum Storage 2014 & 2015 #1 Software Defined Storage* IBM Spectrum Archive 2011 Engineering Emmy® Award for Innovation IBM Spectrum Scale 2013 Best Storage Innovation System X GPFS Storage Server IBM Spectrum Protect Virtualization Review Readers Choice 2013 Preferred Product Business Continuity IBM XIV Gen 3 / IBM Spectrum Accelerate 2012 Product Design Award IBM Storwize V7000 / IBM Spectrum Virtualize 2011 Product Design Award * Based on IBM analysis of IDC YTD quarterly tracker data IBM Spectrum Protect Magic Quadrant Leader IBM Spectrum Control 2012 Magic Quadrant Leader IBM Spectrum Virtualize Storage Magazine 2012 Storage Product of the Year (WINNER - Storwize, built with Spectrum Virtualize) 2010 Storage Virtualization Product of the Year (Runner Up) IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize 2015 Tech Innovator Award – Virtualization Category (Runner Up) IBM Spectrum Control Storage Insights 2015 Product of the Year Finalist Storage Management Tools IBM Spectrum Scale 2015 Product of the Year Finalist Storage System Software

IBM Software Defined Computing Awards 6 IBM Platform LFS 2014 Editors Choice Award Best HPC Cluster IBM Platform Symphony 2014 Best Analytics Initiative: Fannie Mae IBM Platform Computing 2013 Best Infrastructure Provider: Sell Side

Additional IBM Storage Awards and Accolades 7 IBM Storwize V7000 Unified 2012 Storage Product of the Year IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) 2011 Engineering Emmy® Award for Innovation IBM XIV Gen Product Design Award IBM Storwize V Product Design Award IBM Storwize V Czech Republic IT Product of the Year IBM Storage 2013 Winner: Enterprise Storage Singapore Readers Choice Award IBM Spectrum Protect 2011 Channel Champion – Backup & Recovery Software IBM Spectrum Protect Storage Magazine 2013 Disaster Recovery & Back Up Product of The Year (Runner Up) IBM FlashSystem 2015 Leader: Innovation & Reliability All Flash Fibre Channel Arrays IBM FlashSystem 2015 Leader: Price, Reliability & Support All Flash InfiniBand Arrays